GEORGIA PERFORMANCE STANDARDS GEORGIA PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 2 nd Grade

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

ELA2R1 The student quickly applies knowledge of letter-sound correspondence and spelling patterns to decode unfamiliar words.

ELA2R2 The student demonstrates the ability to read orally with speed, accuracy, and expression.

ELA2R3 The student acquires and uses grade-level words to communicate effectively.

ELA2R4 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text.

ELA2W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process.

ELA2LSV1 The student uses oral and visual strategies to communicate.

MATH

M2N1 Students will use multiple representation of numbers to connect symbols to quantities.

M2N2 Students will build fluency with multi-digit addition and subtraction.

M2N3 Students will understand multiplication, multiply numbers, and verify results.

M2N4 Students will understand and compare fractions.

M2N5 Students will represent and interpret quantities and relationships using mathematical expressions including equality and inequality signs (=, >, <).

M2M1 Students will know the standard units of inch, foot, yard, and metric units of centimeter and meter and measure length to the nearest inch or centimeter.

M2M2 Students will tell time to the nearest five minutes and know relationships of time such as the number of minutes in an hour and hours in a day.

M2M3 Students will estimate, then measure, temperature (Fahrenheit) and determine if estimations were reasonable.

M2G1 Students will describe and classify plane figures (triangles, square, rectangle, trapezoid, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, and irregular polygonal shapes) according to the number of edges and vertices and the sizes of angles (right angle, obtuse, acute).

M2G2 Students will describe and classify solid geometric figures (prisms, cylinders, cones, and spheres) according to such things as the number of edges and vertices and the number and shape of faces and angles.

M2G3 Students will describe the change in attributes as two and three-dimensional shapes are cut and rearranged.

M2D1 Students will create simple tables and graphs and interpret their meaning.

M2P1 Students will solve problems (using appropriate technology).

M2P2 Students will reason and evaluate mathematical arguments.

M2P3 Students will communicate mathematically.

M2P5 Students will represent mathematics in multiple ways.

Science

S2CS1 Students will be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works.

S2CS2 Students will have the computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following scientific explanations.

S2CS3. Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities.

S2CS4. Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters.

S2CS5. Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly.

S2CS6 Students will be familiar with the character of scientific knowledge and how it is achieved.

S2CS7 Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry.

S2E1 Students will understand that stars have different sizes, brightness, and patterns.

S2E2 Students will investigate the position of sun and moon to show patterns throughout the year.

S2E3 Students will observe and record changes in their surroundings and infer the causes of the changes.

S2P1 Students will investigate the properties of matter and changes that occur in objects.

S2P2 Students will identify sources of energy and how the energy is used.

S2P3 Students will demonstrate changes in speed and direction using pushes and pulls.

S2L1 Students will investigate the life cycles of different living organisms.

Social Studies

SS2H1 The student will read about and describe the lives of historical figures in Georgia history.

SS2H2 The student will describe the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments.

SS2G1 The student will locate major topographical features of Georgia and will describe how these features define Georgia’s surface.

SS2CG1 The student will define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws.

SS2CG2 The student will identify the roles of the following elected officials: a. President (leader of our nation) b. Governor (leader of our state) c. Mayor (leader of a city)

SS2CG3 The student will give examples of how the historical figures under study demonstrate the positive citizenship traits of honesty, dependability, liberty, trustworthiness, honor, civility, good sportsmanship, patience, and compassion.

SS2CG4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the state and national capitol buildings by identifying them from pictures and capitals of the United States of America (Washington, D.C.) and the state of Georgia (Atlanta) by locating them on appropriate maps.

SS2E1 The student will explain that because of scarcity, people must make choices and incur opportunity costs.

SS2E2 The student will identify ways in which goods and services are allocated (by price; majority rule; contests; force; sharing; lottery; command; first- come, first-served; personal characteristics; and others).

SS2E3 The student will explain that people usually use money to obtain the goods and services they want and explain how money makes trade easier than barter.

SS2E4 The student will describe the costs and benefits of personal spending and saving choices.